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  1. writevli

    Can't access Applications folder - forces restart.

    iMac 27” Late 2013, I'm running build (17A344b), which I believe it probably the 6th beta. Since the 1st beta, I couldn't access my Applications folder. Whether it's going in through Finder or right clicking at a Dock's icon, the computer restarts automatically. It's a big issue whenever I...
  2. L

    When to Buy a MacBook Pro?

    I have decided that I want to buy a MacBook Pro. Currently, the Beats promotion is going on, but I am seeing how big of a deal macOS High Sierra will be. So here's the questions: Should I buy now to get the Beats and download the update? Or wait until the MBP comes with High Sierra, (but no...
  3. Rossagues

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  4. bemed

    macOS could not be installed on your computer (FIXED)

    Hi all, I have a 2014 15" rMBP and after the reboot on the update I'm getting the following message: macOS could not be instead on your computer The path /System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg appears to be missing or damaged. Quit the installer and try again. I restarted loads of...
  5. D

    Siri voice on High Sierra is still the same with Sierra

    I upgraded to High Sierra and I heard on High Sierra Siri get more natural voice, but when I test it still the same as Sierra, is there any workaround to make siri sound more natural?
  6. C

    Notes export

    Wondering if there's a way to bulk-export notes yet (or back them up, aside from via time machine).
  7. JDiggyDawg

    2014 MBP on latest High Sierra beta not recognizing second monitor

    I know that this is a bug that I've spotted for High Sierra, but I'm wondering if anyone has been able to find a fix for this. I'm running a second monitor and for some reason after using the update, my laptop recognizes the monitor for a bit, but after a little bit, it stopped recognizing it at...
  8. E

    How to create ISO for High Sierra beta in Virtualbox?

    Instructions for creating Sierra .ISO wont work with High Sierra, I was wondering if someone has figured it out? It seems the location of the BaseSystem.dmg has changed but I don't know where is it located currently. Even official VirtualBox forum didn't have a solution which is surprising. I...
  9. dianeoforegon

    Time Machine works in PB2 (17A306f)

    Time Machine ran successfully today after updating to PB2 10.13 Beta (17A306f). CCC has been running as well. Have not tried yet to boot from a clone backup yet to verify.
  10. Q

    Will High Sierra run a VM faster with a 2013 Macbook Air?

    I run a Macbook mid 2013 1.7 with 8Gb ram and I'm holding off on getting a new Macbook Pro with Kabby Lake because I upgraded to Windows 10 and the newest version of VMWare Fusion and Windows runs pretty good and Visual Studio (latest) runs pretty good as well inside the VM. With all previous...
  11. Mach Disc

    NVMe Problems in High Sierra

    I’m attempting to install a Samsung 960 Pro into Slot 3 of a Mac Pro 5 1 that’s running High Sierra. I've seen claims that there’s native support for NVMe drives such as the 960 Pro, and I have gotten the Mac to see the drive in disk utility in both safe mode and recovery mode. I’ve formatted...
  12. K

    HEIF, iPhone 7 vs iPad Pro 9.7

    Hello all. I'm currently running iOS public beta on an iPhone 7 and an iPad Pro 9.7. Wanted to test out the new HEIF/HEVC formats. A couple of observations and maybe you can help me out here in discovering what I'm missing: a) In iOS settings, camera, camera formats, while the iPhone has two...
  13. Vadimac

    Upgrade from macOS Sierra on MacBook Air (late2015) : facing issues

    hey fellows, I am having trouble in upgrading my MacBook Air to high sierra. Signed up as public beta tester and trying to upgrade. When the installer runs, it does take lot of time and when it reboots into desktop it gets hung none of the application work and the mouse keeps spinning with...
  14. Skeptical.me

    Have I ruined my iMac?

    Hi, I installed mac OS High Sierra on my iMac Late 2015 27” i5 5K. Something I completely regret doing. It was a disaster. So I decided to re-install macOS Sierra. Firstly, I erased the Macintosh HD. I booted up into Recovery (Command R) and erased the Macintosh HD in my iMac using disk...
  15. itdk92

    Mac Pro 5.1 + 10.13 + nvidia Max/Pascal = H265 hardware acceleration?

    Hi there I am just wondering if anybody tested whether an Nvidia 9XX series or 10XX series provide hardware HEVC H265 acceleration on the Mac Pro 5.1 under MacOS 10.13 High Sierra (beta)? These cards should have hardware accelerated transcoding.. Or is this hardware acceleration Apple talks...
  16. D

    NVME PCIE M.2 SSD + High Sierra + Macbook Pro 2015 13"

    With the introduction of High Sierra I am noticing NVME being supported out of the box. So my question is now this. Has anyone yet to try and buy a standard NVME PCIE M.2 SSD and install it with an adapter like so...
  17. X

    High Sierra Beta - the installer information on the recovery sever is damaged

    Hi, I'm trying to install the beta, but get this message, can anyone help? thanks:)
  18. ZapNZs

    VMWare Fusion 8.5.8 + APFS VMs

    If you have Fusion, they just released 8.5.8 a few days ago, although it appears they are yet to publish official documentation as the release notes are blank. I just tried upgrading a Sierra VM to High Sierra with APFS as it looked like some non-English site said 8.5.8 supports it. Where as...
  19. EddieK420

    Vega Frontier Edition on 4,1 5,1 Classic Mac Pro

    Hey guys. I wanted to start this thread to get information together on running the newly announced Vega Frontier Edition on our beloved classic Mac Pros. I currently have an Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti on my 2009 4,1 (upgraded to 5,1 & 12-core) Mac Pro running Sierra 10.12.5. While the GTX 1080 Ti is...
  20. D

    Does APFS Mean a Bigger SSD?

    Well, just as I was about to order a new 27" iMac (replacing my geriatric 2009 Mac Pro), I saw some stuff on the Apple Developers Forum that gave me pause about my configuration. I was going for a top flight configuration except I thought a 512 GB SSD would be big enough. My current MP has the...